Game device.



B. G. WARD.

GAME DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED in. 18, 1912.

Patented Dec. 17, 1912.

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Be it=known that 1, Bnereeim e, wi a citizen ,of the United States, and residing at- .Jereey @Cit in he county of Hud on and State pf Nhw Jersey, hare invented certain new and usefiil-lmprovementspl same,

This invention relates to game devices and particularly to a device of this class similar ,to that described and claimed in Letters Patent of :the "United States granted tome on the 25th day of July, 1911, No. 999,069, and the object thereof is to provide an improved game device of this class which and. which can he played without any considerable knowledge or skill in reference thereto.

'lhe invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the, accompanying drawin forms a part, in which the separate parts 0 my improvenwntare desig- .natsd by suitable reference .charaeters in each of the views, and in white-hi Figure 1 is a plan view ,of n imprint d game device; Fig, 2 a partla transverse section on zthe line 2-2 of F g. 1, and F g; 3'

a similar section on the line 3-3 of Flg. .1.

, In the practice of my inventionl p ovide an oblong board a which is referably rectangular n form and pr vid wa s ed with raised a and raised end walls a and a and for the .pur

ass of this description, end portiona of the board which is rovided with raised end wall a .will be ca led the front end portion of the board-and the end or tion a, the rearend portion of the boar Zlhe front end portion of the board is pro- 'vided :in' the corners thereof with curved I 'bufi'e'rs c and li and at the right side of the and by meansof which the said trough or channel in the board "is a'trough or channel 1) adapted to receive a'ball b by means of which the game is played, and in the rear end portion of said trough or channel is a plunger 0 which rests thereon and which is provided with a part which fits in said trough or channel all I) is :projeetedthrou h playing'of game. The plunger 0 is held in place, in he form ofconstruction shown, by straps d and said plunger is provided with a rod 0 which passes through the end well a ead is provided with a knob or head 0 and. wouudon said rod is a spiral spring Game De .vice's,, o; f which the foll wing'is a specifica- "twnsuch 10*,"h11d by drawin tlie plu%er c backwardly by mea'nsot the 'oh and then releasing sa d knob or head, the spring 0' W111 -force the plunger forwardly and the ball 6 W11]. be projected through the trough or ch nnel I). The rear .end portion of the board is provid ed with a plurality of transverse cages e which are preferably seven in number, said cages be ng (preferably formed by small staples e", an. being provided at the front thereof with doors e formed by larger sta les which will permit the passage of the bal b and between the doors 6 are triangular guards or deflectors e also prefcjl'abl forms by means of smallstaples c whic will not permit the passa e of the ball I).

In front and at a pre-d etermined distance from the cages e, are transversely arranged cages f which are preferably three in numher, and which are formed in the same manf are other transversely arranged cages g which are preferably two in number and which are also formed in the same manner as cages e, and in front of the cages g are other transversely arranged cages h which are preferably three in number and which are also -formed. in the same. manner as the cagese; Between the cages f and g is a transverse row of bells or gongs c which are 3, said bells or ongs being supported on a sleeve 2' mounted on a nail i which is driven into the board and the head 2' of which holds the body of the bell or gong in position. In front of thecages g are other transversely arranged bells i similar in all respects to the bells t and preferably two in number and in front of the cages h are transversely arranged bells i which are similar to the bells a and which are preferably three in number.

Arranged in front of and between the bells or gongs e' in transverse rows are staples or wickets j, which will permit the passage of the ball therethrough, and similar staples or wickets are arranged transversely of the board on the outer sides of the cages g and in line with the bells or on s z", and in line with the bells or gongs can. between the cages e and f, and between the wickets or staples j in the front row thereof, are forwardly directed guards or fenders Jc composed of staples'e similar to preferably three in number and which are constructed and supported as shown in Fig.

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ner as the cages e. In the front of the cages those which partially form the cages e and the cages f, g and h and the object of the uards or fenders k is to prevent the ball 5mm striking between two of the staples or wickets j, in the front row and lodging there, the distance between said staples or wickets j in the front row being less than the diameter of the ball.

The bells or gongsi and i are all numbered, the numbers used being preferably ten, and the cages e, f, g, and h are also numbered. The numbers used being preferably multiples offive beginning with ten in the forward left hand cage 7:. and increasing by fives to the number forty five from which point they decrease to thevnumber ten in the lower right hand cage 6.

In practice it is necessary that the front end portion of the board be supported higher than the rear end portion thereof in the usual manner and this may be accom- I so plished in the construction of the board or a separate support maybe provided, and in' playing the game the ball is projected through the trough or channel I) as hereinbefore described by means of the plunger 0, and said ball will strike first the buffer a and be deflected crosswise of the board, and may also strike the buffer a", but in any event said-ball will roll back down toward the rear end portion of the board and in its passage may strike either of the bells or gongs and may enter either of the cages, and

the number of the ball or gong struck thereby and the number of the cage entered thereby will be counted in favor of the player, and it will be understood that any d sired number may play the game and each player may have a predetermined number of shots with the ball and the one who counts the highest number in the manner above described will win the game.

' My invention is not limited to the method or means of forming cages e, f, g,-and h herein shown and described, as the walls of said cages may be formed in any desired manner, the said cages being provided in the front thereof with a door which will permit the passage of the ball Z1 thereinto; and my invention is also not limited to the use of the wickets or staples as herein shown and described, these wickets or staples. only serving to deflect the ball in its rearward movement over the board and to render said movement uncertain and indefinite. My invention is also not limited to the number of cages nor the exact arrangement thereof herein shown and described, nor to the number and arrangement of bells or gongs 2', i and i. The cages f, g, and h are also each provided with a icture of a bird or animal and this also ren ers the game more attractive and interesting as the ball as it enters one of'the cages is supposed to hit the bird oranimal represented therein, but it will be understood that the bird or animal or representation thereof may be omitted and other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is;

1. A game device of the class described comprising a board having a plurality of transversely arranged cages in the front walls of which aredoors adapted to permit the passage of a ball of pre-determmed dimensions, and in front of which are rows of transversely arranged bells or gongs, said bells or gongs, and said cages being numbored and each of said cages being provided with the picture or representation of an animal. I

2. A game device of the class described comprising a board having a pluralit of transversely arranged cages in the ront Walls of which are doors adapted to permit the passage of a ball of pre-determined dimensions and in front of which are rows of transversely arranged bells or gongs, said bells or gongs and said cages being numbered, and said cages being provided with the picture or representation of an animal.

3. In a game device of the class described a board provided with a plurality of transverse rows of cages having pictures or representation of animals, said cages being provided in their front walls with doors adapted to permit the passage of a ball of predetermined dimensions, and bells or gongs arranged transversely of the board and in rows between the rows of cages, said bells or gongs and said cages being numbered, and

said board also providedwith guards in front of therows of cages and between the bells or gongs with transversely arranged provided with a picture or representationof an animal.

5. In a game device of the class described, a board having front and rear ends, the rear end of the board being provided with a transverse row of cages which extend entirely across the same and which are provided with front doors adapted to permit the passage of a ball of predetermined dimensions, said board being also provided intermediate of the ends thereof with similar cages, the arrangement of said cages transversely of the board being in rows, and the arran ement of said cages longitudinally of the card being a staggered arrangement, all of said cages being provided with pictures or representations of'an animal and being numbered and said board being also provided between the intermediate transverse rows of cages with numbered gongs and said board belng also provided between all of the transverse rows of cages with transverse deflecting guards and a number of which are arranged in front of the first intermediate transverse row of cages.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed my name in 15 presence of the subscribing witnesses this 16th day of January 1912.

BERTRAND G. WARD.

Witnesses: MORTON E. Brown,

DAVID H. PATmnsoN 

